For those looking for a change of pace from the hustle and bustle of Kathmandu, Gokarna Forest Resort offers a serene retreat ...

Members of the Newa community celebrated the Nepal Sambat New Year 1145 on Saturday with a series of events. The origin of ...

Nepal on Thursday observed the day of "Phulpati," the seventh day of fortnightly festival of Dashain when a palanquin arrived at Basantapur Durbar Square's Dashain Ghar from Gorkha Durbar.

It was the annual Kukur Puja festival in Nepal on Thursday, and dogs across the nation were draped in marigold garlands, marked with celebratory vermillion pigment and presented with overflowing ...

This story appears in the June 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. EDITOR’S NOTE This story went to press before the earthquake struck Nepal on April 25. The kumaris in the Kathmandu ...

The Kulung people of eastern Nepal have used the honey for centuries as a cough syrup and an antiseptic, and the beeswax has found its way into workshops in the alleys of Kathmandu, where it is ...

Rich in cultural heritage, with the magnificence of Mount Everest and the Himalayas as a backdrop, landlocked Nepal remains one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. In 2015, ...

The Chinese fence traces a furrow in the Himalayas, its barbed wire and concrete ramparts separating Tibet from Nepal. Here, in one of the more isolated places on earth, China’s security cameras ...

Every dog has its day, and for canines in Nepal that phrase could not be more literal. The five-day Nepalese Hindu festival of Tihar started this week and the second day is known as Kukur Tihar or ...

Nepal observed the day of "Phulpati," the seventh day of fortnightly festival of Dashain when a palanquin arrived at Basantapur Durbar Square's Dashain Ghar from Gorkha Durbar.